I. be ‧ ing 1 /ˈbiːɪŋ/ BrE AmE verb [linking verb]
1 . the present participle of ↑ be
2 . used to give the reason for something:
Being a quiet sort of person, I didn’t want to get involved.
You can’t expect them to sit still for that long, children being what they are.
3 . being as British English spoken because SYN as :
You might as well drink it, being as you’ve paid for it.
II. being 2 S2 W3 BrE AmE noun
1 . come into being/be brought into being to start to exist:
a law that first came into being in 1912
2 . [countable] a living thing, especially a person:
a human being
intelligent/conscious/rational etc being
a story about alien beings who invade Earth
3 . [uncountable] literary the most important quality or nature of something, especially of a person
the core/roots/whole of sb’s being
The whole of her being had been taken over by a desire to return to her homeland.